State comparison · 2025
Lawyers salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Lawyers in District of Columbia earn a median of $195,190. In Arizona, $134,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.2%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-24.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Lawyers
- Median
- $134,260
- p25
- $102,450
- p75
- $177,150
- p10
- $85,990
- p90
- $268,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
District of Columbia
Lawyers
- Median
- $195,190
- p25
- $172,060
- p75
- $360,310
- p10
- $120,580
- p90
- $392,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.